IN PHOTO: Search operations continue 6 days after Turkey-Syria quake
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Rescue volunteers embracing each other during search operations [Syrian Civil Defence]
Rescue workers and civilians conduct search and rescue operations on collapsed buildings in the Aleppo province in Syria [Getty]
Rescue workers have been working around the clock to save people still trapped under the rubble [Getty]
Families bury and mourn loved ones at graveyards in Antakya, Turkey following the devastating deadly earthquake [Getty]
Clerks inspect cargo trucks among a convoy carrying tent and shelter kits provided by the UN, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, at Syria's Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey [Getty]
![Search and rescue teams in the earthquake area sit round a fire in Hatay, Turkey [Getty]](https://www.newarab.com/sites/default/files/2023-02/Screenshot%202023-02-12%20at%2017.25.29.png)
Search and rescue teams in the earthquake area sit round a fire in Hatay, Turkey [Getty]
Emirati rescuers continue their search and rescue operations in the regime-controlled town of Jableh in the province of Latakia, Syria [Getty]
Rescue teams transport bodies of earthquake victims [Getty]
Collapsed buildings in Antakya, Turkey after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast [Getty]
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Six days after a series of deadly devastating earthquakes hit Syria and Turkey, search operations continue as at least 28,000 people have been pronounced dead.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey before dawn on Monday and was followed by a series of aftershocks, including a 7.5-magnitude quake.
The death toll is set to double, taking deaths to over 50,000, according UN relief chief Martin Griffiths.
A senior UN official's visit to the only border crossing for humanitarian aid into earthquake-struck northwest Syria on Sunday has been described as "too little, too late", by the White Helmets.
"The UN's failure to act quickly to save Syrian lives in the face of a humanitarian catastrophe is utterly shameful and should be a stain on its conscience." White Helmets head Raed al-Saleh stated.
Miraculous rescues continued in pockets of Turkey more than 100 hours after the first tremor tore apart roads and flattened hundreds of buildings while a winter storm raged over southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria.
People's survival chances fall greatly after the first 72 hours because of the cumulative effects of dehydration and cold.
It has now been over 144 hours since the first earthquake occurred.
